landgraviate

American  

[land-grey-vee-it, -eyt] / lændˈgreɪ vi ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

noun

1. the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.

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landgraviate British  

/ lændˈɡreɪvɪɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈlændɡrəˌveɪt /

noun

1. the domain or position of a landgrave or landgravine

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Etymology

Origin of landgraviate

1650–60; < Medieval Latin landgraviātus. See landgrave ( Medieval Latin landgravius ), -ate ³

Example Sentences

The small landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg was formed in 1622 from Hesse-Darmstadt.

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It was till 1866 a landgraviate and electorate of Germany, consisting of several detached masses of territory, to the N.E. of Frankfort-on-the-Main.

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On his father’s death in 1567 he received one half of Hesse, with Cassel as his capital; and this formed the landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel.

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During the 18th century the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years’ War dealt heavy blows at the prosperity of the landgraviate, which was always loyal to the house of Austria.

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HESSE-HOMBURG, formerly a small landgraviate in Germany.

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